The development cooperation system is currently under pressure to change and demonstrate its usefulness for addressing more complex development challenges. Triangular Cooperation constitutes a modality of cooperation that can contribute to this change, opening space to more inclusive formulas of partnership. However, such results are neither guaranteed nor automatic, as TC can also contribute to reinforcing vertical relationships that characterize traditional aid. It is therefore important to identify the factors that contribute to tipping this balance in one direction or another. This article aims to investigate these aspects, offering an analytical framework by which to identify the main elements that contribute to giving TC its transformative role. The analysis suggests that this result depends on the relationships established among the actors involved, which are conditioned not only by structural factors associated with the countries’ diverse conditions (economic, technological, geostrategic position) but also by other ideational and strategic factors.

发展合作系统目前面临着改变和展示其对解决更复杂的发展挑战的作用的压力。三角合作构成了一种合作方式，可以促成这一变化，为更具包容性的伙伴关系开辟了空间。但是，这样的结果既不能保证也不是自动的，因为技术合作还可以有助于加强传统援助的纵向关系。因此，重要的是要找出有助于使这一平衡朝一个方向或另一个方向倾斜的因素。本文旨在研究这些方面，提供一个分析框架，通过该框架来确定有助于赋予TC变革性作用的主要因素。